2000/05/01 by Arne A. Anderberg, Bertil Ståhl, Mari Källersjö · 4 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · #Plant Diversity and Evolution #Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions #Plant Taxonomy and Phylogenetics
paper · doi:10.2307/1223834
openalex publication_date 2000/05/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/29
Summary Anderberg, A. A., Ståhl, B. & Källersjö, M.: Maesaceae, a new primuloid family in the order Ericales s.l. – Taxon 49: 183–187. 2000. – ISSN 0040‐0262. Evidence from morphology and molecular sequence data from three chloroplast genes, rbc L, ndh F, and atp B, have shown that the genus Maesa constitutes an evolutionary lineage separate from the other three primuloid families, Theophrastaceae, Myrsinaceae, and Primulaceae. The new family Maesaceae is here formally recognised, its taxonomic status being changed from a subfamily of Myrsinaceae. The new family comprises a single genus, Maesa Forssk., with some 100 species of trees or shrubs; it is diagnosed by characters such as flower pedicels with two bracteoles, a semi‐inferior ovary, and indehiscent fruits with many seeds. A key to the major groups of primuloid taxa is presented